forgive me... police in wisconsin name the man they've detained after a vehicle drove through a parade, causing five deaths and many injuries. and we report on austria's full national lockdown — one of several european countries where covid infection rates are still rising sharply. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel: michael carrick is in charge for now, but could pochettino be prised from p56 and become the next manchester united manager? good evening. the house of commons is voting right now on plans to reform social care in england. borisjohnson says the plans are "incredibly generous" and that they "finally tackle" a long—standing problem. but a late change has drawn criticism from the opposition and has also upset some conservative mps. the basic plan is that payments for personal care will be capped at £86,000 over a person's lifetime. but last week, ministers announced that support payments from local councils would not count towards the cap. the result, according to charities, is that the less well off will be unfairly hit. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg has the latest. a mother's care for her daughter. decades on, roma's daughter helps care for her. the 83—year—old, who has dementia, had to sell the family home to pay for the full—time care she now needs. she worked night and day to have her own home. i mean, my mum would have been the tory poster girl. she never took a penny in benefits, she worked, she must have paid income tax for 50 years and everything she worked for has gone, because she's been ill. and that is just wrong. the prime minister claims the new system will protect families just like lorraine�*s from enormous bills those who need intense care can face if they can afford to contribute, but there's a fear the wealthiest will benefit the most. if someone has a house worth £120,000, they will still have to pay £86,000 themselves, even though they qualify for some council help, and they'd be left with just over a quarter of the value of their home. but look at this — if an individual has a house worth £500,000, they'll have to pay the £86,000, yet then will keep over 80% of the value of their house to pass on. some of borisjohnson�*s own mps fear his big platform plan for social care is unfair. and... er...and... at a time when some wonder if downing street's really concentrating. yesterday, i went, as we all must, to peppa pig world~ _ an appearance today won't have calmed those nerves, or fears about the proposals which mps will vote on tonight. they're much better- than the existing system, because under the existing system, i nobody gets any support if they have assets of £23,000 or more. now you get support - if you have £100,000 or less. but after losing his place, he was later asked... frankly, is everything 0k? i think that people got the vast | majority of the points i wantedj to make and i thought it went over well. - this government is the first to act to reform care after years of promises. overall, it should mean billions extra and more people getting help. yet the opposition wants to make the most of tory nerves about the specifics and vote them down tonight. we now learn that people will have to sell their home, so it's another broken promise. worse than that, it's that people who aren't so well off will have to sell their homes because of course, many families won't have £86,000 to hand. i'm glad to hear that he asserts that no one will lose out... quiet, but explicit disapproval seems more likely than a thumping defeat, but... there is real cause on these benches about the distribution of the relative losses, and the worry that those less well off are going to be hit hardest from the government's amendment tonight. the prime minister's claim that his plan will fix social care could cause some political damage that needs fixing itself. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. we will catch up with laura at westminster in a few minutes. before that, the latest on the economy. economic growth must be evenly spread throughout the uk rather than concentrated in the south—east of england, according to the confederation of british industry. speaking at the annual conference, the cbi's director—general tony danker said that "levelling up" could not be left to the free market. the prime minister told the same conference that "levelling up" was his "moral mission" and an "economic imperative". but his speech didn't entirely go to plan, as our business editor simonjack reports. economic prosperity has not been shared equally over the last a0 years. the government has promised new tory voters in the north that will change, and he came to the port of tyne to ask business leaders to help him do it. in the end, it is you, it is business people, who will fix this problem. after famously rejecting business concerns over brexit with a four—letter dismissal, borisjohnson has never, unusually for a conservative leader, felt entirely comfortable with a business audience. his trademark riffs — this one on the motor industry... evs may not burble like sucking doves and they may not have that "vroom—vroom, rrra— rrra— rrra ! " ..were followed by losing his thread... ah... ..then his traditional swagger... forgive me... ..when it was then time for the audience to feel slightly uncomfortable. forgive me. remember, this relationship has faced recent strains. forgive me. this government has imposed tens of billions in new business taxes over the last year. how is that business—friendly? if you ask me, "does the chancellor want to go further and reduce burdens on taxpayers and businesses?", yes, of course he does. but don't forget, simon, that we've just been through a pandemic. we'll get to relieving more of the burdens of taxation, but you've got to do it in a prudent and reasonable way. the conference was held over eight venues. in birmingham, keir starmertried to reset labour's ties with business after the nationalisation plans of the corbyn era. sometimes, if i may say so, a party has come across as thinking that business is to be tolerated in some way but not to be celebrated as a good in itself, and i think that mindset has changed under my leadership. government's asking a lot of the private sector. it wants it to do the lion's share of levelling up and decarbonising, which is a tall order for firms and edging into a post—covid, which is a tall order for firms emerging into a post—covid, post—brexit world, and facing higher taxes on profits and wages. little wonder, then, that that crucial business investment is still way down on where it was before the pandemic. chris ford was there to hear the prime minister's pitch. his family engineering business has been based near the port for over 100 years, but right now he remains cautious. i think smaller businesses would like to invest - but are still uncertain when prices are rising across the board, - so we are seeing material prices, raw material prices, _ increase, labour prices and energy | prices going up across the board. | so we're really a little bit uncertain about. where we're going, so we're possibly not quite ready to make those - investmentsjust yet. business and government do agree they will need to work together to turn levelling up from a political slogan into an economic reality. simonjack, bbc news, south shields. live to westminster and our political editor laura kuenssberg. and it's been a difficult day for downing street? what is at stake in this vote tonight and what does the prime minister think of things after today's events? it minister think of things after today's events?— minister think of things after today's events? it has certainly been a difficult _ today's events? it has certainly been a difficult day _ today's events? it has certainly been a difficult day all - today's events? it has certainly been a difficult day all round i today's events? it has certainly| been a difficult day all round for downing street. we look at the commons chamber, you can see mps drifting back in for that result in that crucial change to the plans for social care in england. it would be a huge upset if the government actually loses on this vote. remember, they have a thumping majority of 80. the fact that it is even a vague possibility that there might be a defeat in the commons chamber tells you something. it tells you that there is a lot of concern on the conservative benches about this particular plan, and that is, if you like, demonstrated of a wider problem. it is notjust about this policy. we all know downing street has had a very difficult couple of weeks with those allegations of sleaze, the self—admitted mistake over the handling of one element of that, a big backlash last week to what in theory should have been a good announcement for them, those big plans for railways across the country. but in the words of one friend of borisjohnson, a former cabinet minister, it looks like number tenjust keeps cabinet minister, it looks like number ten just keeps getting things wrong. there is a lot of anxiety around. downing street would say they have just got to get on with it and they are trying to do ambitious things and of course there will be resistance, but there are problems. there is concern inside the tory tent. but remember, it's far too early to say it is the start something significant or whether it is something to be expected before the mid—term blues. is something to be expected before the mid-term blues.— the mid-term blues. laura kuenssberg, _ the mid-term blues. laura kuenssberg, with - the mid-term blues. laura kuenssberg, with her- the mid-term blues. laura i kuenssberg, with her analysis the mid-term blues. laura - kuenssberg, with her analysis of westminster. the energy company bulb has become the largest casualty of the increase in wholesale gas prices which has seen a number of smaller firms go out of business this autumn. the company — which has 1.7 million customers — has called in the administrators. because of its size, they will continue to run the business for the time being and billpayers are advised not to take any action at this stage. an investigation by bbc news has found that two women who died of herpes could have been infected by the same surgeon working in kent. the women died six weeks apart within days of giving birth — of what is usually a mild infection. east kent hospitals trust said they could not identify the source of the infection, and the surgeon had no history of the virus. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchca nan uncovered the story. these two women, both new mothers, died 44 days apart. their families were led to believe their deaths were not linked, until now. she was a real fun—loving girl. great personality. had lots of friends. in may 2018, kim sampson gave birth to a son, her second child. she was a brilliant barber and a brilliant mum. the 29—year—old had undergone an emergency caesarean delivery. but complications set in, the hospital didn't know why and she died 19 days after giving birth. we kept being told everything was going to be ok after she had that first operation, but from then... and then she had a further operation after that because she was bleeding out from lots of places and there was nothing they could do with her. that trust told the family that kim had died of herpes, a common, usually mild infection that is rarely fatal. but they couldn't say how she had been infected. they didn't give us an explanation other than, she may have come into close contact with someone who had a cold sore. following kim sampson's death, the trust said they told all maternity staff to take precautions against herpes infections butjust seven weeks later, another woman became similarly ill. they went on their honeymoon and i think she fell pregnantjust after they got back. and she wanted a child? yes, definitely. they'd always talked about having three children. samantha mulcahy gave birth by caesarean section to her daughter injuly 2018. the 32—year—old again quickly deteriorated, baffling medics, and died eight days after giving birth. i can remember right at the very end, even then they said they were basically at a loss, they didn't know what was wrong. the hospital said samantha too had died of herpes, two rare deaths but seemingly no link. we were told there was no connection at all with the deaths. but that turned out not to be the case. the trust quickly discovered the same surgeon had operated on both women. documents we've seen show that just two weeks after the second death, they were told "it does look like surgical contamination". public health england concluded the strain of the virus the women died of was rare and maybe epidemiologically linked. these are certainly very unusual cases. very rare indeed. we shared the documents with peter greenhouse, a world—renowned expert on herpes infection. the only common source would be the surgeon who performed the operations, but if you think of the speed at which these women became unwell and the location of their infection, which was inside the abdomen, it does seem very much more likely and more biologically plausible that was the original site of the infection. peter greenhouse says the strongest likelihood is that the surgeon had a herpetic whitlow, a small, often unlistenable sore had a herpetic whitlow, a small, often unnoticeable sore on his finger and that he unwittingly shared the herpes virus. even though he was wearing surgical gloves, a study of caesarean sections found the gloves tear in more than 50% of operations, potentially allowing the virus to infect the women. we showed both families the expert's opinion. that was the original site of the infection. | does that make sense? yeah. i feel sick listening to that. it makes me think even more that there's a problem. in a statement, east kent hospitals trust said that following detailed testing and analysis, there was insufficient evidence to determine if the infection originated from the same source. they added that the surgeon had told them he had no hand lesions or history of the virus. the women's babies both survived, and their families now want inquests into the deaths. michael buchanan, bbc news, kent. police in the american state of wisconsin have detained the driver of a vehicle which drove at speed into a christmas parade in the city of waukesha, killing five people and injuring nearly 50 more. the vehicle hit members of a marching band, and a local hospital says it's treated 18 children among the injured. 0ur correspondent barbara plett usher reports. this little girl narrowly escaped with her life. she had no idea what was hurtling towards her. and here the moment when the joy and festivity of the christmas parade turned to horror and tragedy. a vehicle travelling at full speed struck members of a marching band. the driver continued forward, hitting and running over others in his path. these young dancers perfectly in step one moment, the next brutally disrupted. people, families and children ran for their lives. chelsea! 0thers tried to save those crumpled on the pavement. it wasjust carnage, likening it to a war zone. there were adults, children that were injured. some of our first responders were there with their families. they left their families to treat people, helped with incident command, helped transport... the suspect is a local man, darrell brooks, an aspiring rapper. he posted this video on his youtube channel, including what looks like the red vehicle used in the hit—and—run. court documents show he has a lengthy criminal record. police said he had fled a domestic disturbance and that he had acted alone. but the result was devastating. this was the president's message to a community in mourning. last night the people of waukesha were gathered to celebrate the start of a season of hope and togetherness and thanksgiving. this morning, jill and i and the entire biden family, and i'm sure all of us, pray that that same spirit�*s going to embrace and lift up all the victims of this tragedy. this afternoon the police cordon came down on the road reopened. but nothing feels back to normal. in the coming days, there will be opportunities to grieve and remember the victims together. but right now the town is onlyjust beginning to absorb and loss. to absorb the shock and loss. barbara plett usher, bbc news, waukesha, wisconsin. local authorities across the uk are to be told that they must accommodate some of the unaccompanied children who've been arriving in small boats across the english channel. a voluntary scheme has not provided enough space, and some local authorities say that they're not happy to be forced to look after children without being given extra resources. our home editor mark easton is here. what more can you tell us about this? ., , . what more can you tell us about this? ., ' . ., , what more can you tell us about this? ., , . .,, ., , this? the home office has actually lona this? the home office has actually long resisted _ this? the home office has actually long resisted a _ this? the home office has actually long resisted a mandatory - this? the home office has actually long resisted a mandatory scheme| long resisted a mandatory scheme which, as you say, would oblige councils across the uk to accommodate some of the unaccompanied children arriving in such large numbers in small boats but with those record numbers in the last few weeks ministers are now sending out letters to councils telling them they must find homes for unaccompanied children, unless there is a compelling reason why they should be exempted. reaction from town halls... kent county council, of course the area where most of the children arrive and they have been pushing for some time for a mandatory scheme, they are delighted because their children's services are already struggling to cope with the demand at the hotels where up to 100, just over 100, children are currently housed, unaccompanied children, are deemed unsuitable. the association representing councils across england says most areas to support asylum seeking children but some would be under pressure while the equivalent body in scotland said it fears the mandatory scheme will not have a place —based research. there may be trouble ahead. place -based research. there may be trouble ahead.— trouble ahead. many thanks again. mark easton _ trouble ahead. many thanks again. mark easton there _ trouble ahead. many thanks again. mark easton there with _ trouble ahead. many thanks again. mark easton there with the - trouble ahead. many thanks again. mark easton there with the latest. | austria has returned to a full national lockdown because of its rising number of coronavirus infections. austrians have been told to work from home and non—essential shops have closed. at the same time, protests against new restrictions have been growing in several european countries, especially in the netherlands and belgium. 0ur europe editor katya adler has the latest. chanting: freiheit! covid concerns are spreading across europe. spiralling case numbers are spooking some. others, like this massive crowd in vienna, object to covid restrictions being reintroduced. i'm a free austrian who wants to be free and live free in this country. liberte! today austria became the first eu country to reimpose a full — if brief — lockdown. vaccinations will be compulsory here from february. in berlin, germany's health minister said his country faced a national emergency. his choice of words caused some controversy. translation: probably | by the end of this winter, as it's sometimes said, pretty much everyone in germany will be vaccinated, cured or dead. that's how it is. so what's gone wrong? the eu's huge headache at the beginning of the year was securing enough vaccines. now it worries too few people have used them. what we're seeing now, i think, is mostly driven by a lot of contacts between people coinciding with colder weather, a lot of indoor activities. the uk is following a different course. in the uk, you see that the numbers have been high for several months now, but they seem to be relatively stable, whereas in many other countries in western europe and northern europe we've seen a steep increase in cases since october, which doesn't seem to happen in the uk _ an average of 60% of europe is now fully vaccinated, but each country is different. the rate in eastern europe, for example, is far lower. the eu is now considering vaccinations for children over the age of five. it approved jabs for the over—12s in may. the economic effects of covid, those rising gas prices, people here in europe say they're in need of some seasonal cheer, so no government wants to be seen to be cancelling christmas — and that, they say, is why they're taking these covid measures now. but what measures? well, that varies from country to country and region to region. bavaria has cancelled its christmas market. brussels is giving it a good go. the european commission has nothing to say here because, when it comes to health, each eu member state decides for themselves. this weekend there were protests, some violent, against new covid restrictions in austria, italy, the netherlands, croatia and belgium. pressure is mounting in europe on the health services as well as the streets. the world health organization warns there could be half a million more deaths here by springtime unless effective action is taken. katya adler, bbc news, brussels. let's get the latest figures on the pandemic here in the uk. in the past 2a hours, there have been nearly 115,000 new infections recorded — that's just over 5,000 more than this time last week. on average, there were nearly 42,000 new cases reported per day over the past week. 45 deaths were recorded — that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. and on average in the past week, 147 related deaths were recorded every day. and on the vaccination front, 15.3 million people have now had their booster injection. the first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon, and the leader of the scottish conservatives, douglas ross, have been on a joint visit to a drugs recovery group, in what they call a "united effort to tackle scotland's growing drugs problem." the most recent figures show a record number of drug—related deaths in scotland for the seventh year in succession. and scotland has by far the highest rate of deaths related to drugs of any country in europe. 0ur scotland editor sarah smith has the story. drug abuse is killing more than 25 people a week in scotland and ruining the lives of many, many more. the figures are the worst in europe. were you worried ryan would end up in a long prison spell? yeah, aye. either prison or take his own life, i'd say. john's son struggled with life—threatening drug addiction for years, in trouble with the law, yet the family couldn't access rehab treatment until a charity, the amy winehouse foundation, volunteered to pay for it. he was begging for help. it was really frustrating. i was trying to break it down to them and say, "surely, it costs less to put somebody in treatment than it does in prison, and with treatment you give them a chance." ryan is now in recovery and has a full—time job. the dire drugs problem has united the first minister and the scottish conservative leader at a drug recovery facility. but cross—party cooperation isn't easy. meeting with former addicts, douglas ross and nicola sturgeon agree urgent action is required. in a policy u—turn, the tory leader says he may now support an official consumption facility which would allow people to use illegal class a drugs under supervision. there is a united effort to deal with this national scandal. the fact that so many lives are being lost means no one has got a monopoly on the solutions to this. we can come together from different ideas from different political sides to come up with a solution that can really make a difference. drugs charities have long advocated that there should be a right to recovery. now the scottish tories are proposing a new law that would give a legal right to treatment to any addicts who need it. nicola sturgeon says she is open to all ideas, including those proposals from the conservatives, as she admits the problem is drastic. i think the drugs death toll is unacceptable. i think it's shameful and we've got to turn it around, so i'm choosing not to be defensive about this, i'm choosing to be candid and say we've got to do much better. i've got to do much better, my government has to do much better, and there's a serious determination to do that. boxing lessons are a part of the recovery programme at this community centre. it's what all parties say they want to see more of, and may be prepared to set aside the usual political punch—ups to try and make it happen. sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow. hundreds of people have turned out to pay tribute to the late sir david amess, whose funeral service was held in southend today. sir david, who was 69 and the mp for southend west, was stabbed to death at a constituency surgery last month. there was a private family service, after which the funeral procession made its way through the streets of southend, as daniela relph reports. he died working for the people he served. today, they came to say goodbye. sir david amess's coffin was borne by southend firefighters. the streets were filled with his constituents. and local sea scouts lined the path into church. as the place he'd served for almost a0 years said farewell. my son's actually in the 3rd chalkwell bay sea scouts. he's one of the sea scouts outside? that have come to represent. so, yeah, it'sjust a really sad day. it's touched a lot of people, whether they're into the same politics or not. took my grandson out of school today, this afternoon, - so that he could also come and pay respects as well. _ everything felt local. the sound of the church service was broadcast on bbc radio essex. and friend and former conservative mp ann widdecombe spoke on behalf of sir david's wife and children. as a family, we are trying to understand why this awful thing has occurred. nobody should die in that way. please let some good come from this tragedy. his final journey through southend took him past his constituency office and the civic centre. the funeral mass will be in the grandeur of westminster cathedral tomorrow. but, as it so often did for sir david amess, essex came first. daniela relph, bbc news, southend. before we go, a quick update on the vote on reforming social care in england in the house of commons. business is still going on in the house of commons right now, as we can say. but in the early vote... mps did back borisjohnson�*s social care plan, but its was by 272 votes to 246, a much reduced conservative majority of 26. that's it. that is the latest in the commons tonight. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. karishma this is bbc news. the headlines... police in the us state of wisconsin say a man who drove into a crowd at a christmas parade, killing five people and injuring 48 others, will be charged with intentional homicide. he's been named as 39—year—old darrell brooks. austrians are once again living under full national lockdown restrictions. it's the first european union country to reimpose such a measure this autumn, reflecting surging covid infections as winter looms. it will run for between 10—20 days. the leaders of belgium and the netherlands have criticised violence seen in their countries over the weekend, linked to protests against coronavirus restrictions. the women's tennis association says it still has concerns about the well—being of the chinese tennis star peng shuai, despite the international olympic committee having a video call with the player. in a moment, we'll be taking a look at tomorrow's front pages in the papers, but first, some breaking news coming to us